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Edmonton AB, April 4, 2017 – On March 18, 2017 the 2017 Awards of Excellence in Housing Gala sponsored by the Canadian Home Builders’ Association – Edmonton Region was held at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton. Over 1,700 people were in attendance to celebrate and applaud the housing industry’s finest.

The Awards of Excellence in Housing celebrates the creative design and craftsmanship of Edmonton Region builders and renovators and recognizes excellence and professionalism in the field of sales and marketing within the home construction industry.

Expectations were high for Qualico business units with over 30 finalist nominations and Qualico was not disappointed taking home nine Awards of Excellence including StreetSide Developments for Builder of the Year – Multi-Family!

“Being selected as Builder of the Year for Multi-Family is a real honour,” explained Horst Weinbeer, VP for StreetSide Developments. “We have built a very strong team and I couldn’t be more pleased that the commitment everyone has made to the projects we work on and the customers we served over the past year has been recognized by the peers in our industry.”

Other winners on this exceptional evening included:
• Pacesetter Homes in the Best Multi-Family Townhouse/Duplex $330,000 to $375,000
• Dan Gibson of Pacesetter Homes as Salesperson/Team of the Year – Multi-Family
• Sterling Homes for Best Sales and Information Centre – Single Family
• Erik Eisen of Sterling Homes for Salesperson/Team of the Year – Single Family

A series of Sales Volume Awards were also celebrated at the 2017 Awards of Excellence in Housing Gala where a number of individuals achieved some amazing sales levels including:
• Platinum level ($24,000,000 - $32,000,000 in sales) – David Edmiston and Dan Gibson of Pacesetter Homes and Erik Eisen of Sterling Homes
• Gold level ($18,000,000 to $22,000,000 in sales) – Sue Snyder of Pacesetter Homes
• Silver level ($14,000,000 to $16,000,000 in sales) Inderdeep Hayer and Mike Gonek of Sterling Homes and Karen Kelly of Augusta Fine Homes
• Bronze level ($12,000,000 to $13,000,000 in sales) – Tara Johnston, Moe Ahmad and Kelly Smith of Pacesetter Homes

Of the 31-sales people recognized for their performance, 10 represented Qualico builders – not a bad performance!

“It was an amazing evening for StreetSide Developments, Pacesetter Homes, Sterling Homes and Augusta Fine Homes and the employees who work for those business units,” said Shane Erickson, RVP for Northern Alberta. “It just reaffirms that we have the best people and the best product out there and it is a testament to everyone who is involved.”

Congratulations to all the finalists and the winners. You have done us all proud!